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It’s been 18 years since The Rolling Stones last released a studio album and it turns out the band have had something cooking. Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood met Jimmy Fallon and an audience of fans at the Hackney Empire this afternoon to announce their new record …

“Don’t talk to each other too much,” Sir Mick, 80, told fans and ­celebrities after being asked how they had managed to maintain their “marriage”. The singer and the guitarist, joined by Ronnie Wood, 76, took over the Hackney Empire theatre in East London – only slightly more venerable than …

Pop-punk fans, your time has come. Blink 182 are currently on tour in the UK, and their tour dates are slowly drawing nearer. The epic three-piece band are bringing back some of their biggest songs to stages around the country, including All The Small Things, Stockholm Syndrome, What’s My Age …

Busted are finally on tour and playing some of the biggest venues in the country to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band’s legacy. At the beginning of the year, the pop-punk trio announced they’ll be hitting the road throughout September and October with a new selection of Greatest Hits …

Yesterday marked what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 77th birthday. Both Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor paid tribute to their old bandmate and close friend, who died in 1991 aged 45 after losing his battle with AIDS. Both active Queen members shared posts to “dear Freddie” and now the …

On September 5, 1946, a future music icon called Farrokh Bulsara was born in Zanzibar to his Parsi parents. Taking on the stage name of Freddie Mercury, he would go on to become one of the greatest singers in the history of rock as the frontman of Queen. Tragically, he …

It’s been almost 20 years since The Rolling Stones released an original studio album. And now Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are set to announce their latest, rumoured to be called Hackney Diamonds. Last month the trio, who lost drummer Charlie Watts in 2021, put out a …

It’s been over a year since Baz Luhrmann’s Graceland-backed Elvis Presley biopic hit cinemas. The Oscar-nominated biopic starring Austin Butler as The King has 77 per cent positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the Priscilla movie – based on Priscilla Presley’s memoir Elvis and Me and which failed to get …

Ali Campbell doesn’t want to break up the band (Image: Getty) Reggae legends UB40 enjoyed huge international success, selling more than 70 million albums worldwide, and bringing us such classics as Red Red Wine, I Got You Babe and (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You. Yet, in recent …

The legendary musicians from Queen, Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor, have just confirmed the epic line-up of their “official” tribute band, Queen Extravaganza. The band has been officially endorsed by the members of Queen (who currently tour with Adam Lambert), and they are using their platform to promote Queen …